Geon

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( Γηῶν ), a Grencized form (comp.  Genesis 2:13, Sept. Γεῶν ) of the name GIHON (See Gihon) (q.v.), one of the rivers of Paradise, mentioned ( Sirach 24:27) along with the Jordan, Euphrates, etc., in a description of wisdom ("as Geon in the time of vintage," meaning apparently the Nile at its period of annual overflow. Fritzsche, ad loc.).